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Google Fiber tops brand-new Netflix ISP Speed Index
- Netflix has launched its new Netflix ISP Speed Index which promises to show consumers the top ISPs for streaming movies and TV shows through its service. The new website will be updated monthly and can make country-specific or International comparisons utilizing…
Former FCC chair: ISP data caps are about monetization, not network congestion
- Data caps, also known as broadband caps and bandwidth caps, have long been a controversial method of managing network congestion by ISPs -- or has it? While numerous ISPs have explained away the necessity of bandwidth caps to maintain quality…
United Nations to consider tax for Internet giants in the US
- Apple, Facebook, Google and Netflix could be among those affected by a leaked Internet tax proposal via the United Nations. The proposal would force large web companies to pay fees to serve non-US residents for consuming bandwidth, potentially limiting their…
Comcast lifts 250GB hard cap, intros more flexible 300GB soft cap
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Comcast has announced plans to loosen restrictions on residential Internet users. In 2008, the provider imposed a cap on home subscribers forbidding them from using more than 250GB of data (download and upload combined). The limitation spanned all residential bandwidth packages...
Opera Mini 6.5, Opera Mobile 11.5 released
- Opera Software has rolled out a minor update that introduces a few new features to its mobile browsers. Besides general optimizations such as improved network performance and lower memory usage, Opera Mini 6.5 and Opera Mobile 11.5 have received enhanced…
Netflix represents 32.7% of North America's peak Web traffic
- Despite losing 800,000 members, Netflix still accounts for a whopping 32.7% of all North American peak fixed access downstream traffic, according to Sandvine's fall 2011 Global Internet Phenomena Report. That's up nearly 10% since spring 2011 and almost double the…
Most ISPs deliver advertised speeds, FCC study claims
- Most major U.S. Internet service providers deliver at least 82% of their advertised speeds, FCC Chairman, Julius Genachowski, revealed at Best Buy in Washington D.C. This is a major improvement over a similar study from just two years ago which…
More broadband caps in the US, AT&T starts today
- At one point unlimited bandwidth was almost regarded a universal right in the United States and many other developed nations, but the growing demand for on-demand video and peer-to-peer traffic has left ISPs scrambling for ways to avoid excessive burdens…
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